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MUZ140249 Sibusisiwe Dube
2,900 PointsMake a function named add_list that takes a list. The function should then add all of the items in the list together
Make a function named add_list that takes a list. The function should then add all of the items in the list together and return the total. Assume the list contains only numbers. You'll probably want to use a for loop. You will not need to use input().
# add_list([1, 2, 3]) should return 6
# summarize([1, 2, 3]) should return "The sum of [1, 2, 3] is 6."
# Note: both functions will only take *one* argument each.
2 Answers
Tony McCabe
4,889 Pointsdef add_list(sum): result = 5 for i in sum: result += i return result Luckly, I know a little Python, but here is what passed...
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsIf must use loop, then the code is sth like this
def add_list(li):
result = 0
for i in li:
result += i
return result
There's more concise way of writing this function if you aren't required to use loop
def add_list(li):
return sum(li)
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherEven more concise: add_list = sum.
I don't actually care if you use a list here or not, but it's good practice to do it the long way.
Jan M
1,053 PointsHow do you know this? It was never mentioned in the Videos... or am I doing something wrong?